medan
[`meːdan]
The verdict
“medan” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a conjunction. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - während
Corpus desk
Index DE-medan · medan · German
medan · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | medan |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Conjunction |
| IPA | [`meːdan] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „medan“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
medan is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aconjunction, transcribed [`meːdan]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "während".
Zero misspellings are on record for medan in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is medan, spelled M-E-D-A-N.
Definition
- 1während
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how medan appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
En kvinna i Borås upptäckte att hon haft inbrott medan hon sov.
Jörgen springer maraton medan hans kompisar bara tittar på.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.